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Originally Posted by Oumonkey
I might not be able to get a pic soon. But the more I think/talk about it I think we are getting to much traction. and if all fails we should be able to put it back to 2 wheel drive pretty simply right?
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Again, there is a heck of a lot more behind the way a robot turns than the number of wheels or the number of wheels driving etc. I cannot say "putting it back to 2 wheel drive" will fix your problem without seeing your setup . It is even probable that it will hurt performance even more, who knows?
Let's start with this:
1. How many wheels does the robot have?
2. Where are the wheels positioned?
3. What kind of wheels are they, and what exactly is the tread surface material?
4. How many of the wheels are being driven and which ones?
5. How many motors (and which ones) are driving the wheels?
6. What top speed (in feet per second) is the robot geared for? - if you don't know this, what gearbox is it using and what size sprockets are you using and what diameter wheels are you using?
7. Are you sure the battery was charged and if you are sure, how/why are you sure?
I know you probably answered some of these things before but let's get all the facts down in one place and then we can start to analyze this. Trying to help you we are kind of in a tough place here because we can't diagnose the problem with something if we don't really know what exactly that "something" is.
Also, I would recommend getting a few pictures of your robot to keep for yourself. You built it, you should be proud of it, you should have some pictures of it. (If there's anything I've learned in FIRST, it is do not put your eggs (in this case pictures) all in one basket). Robot pcitures are good for hanging on walls, setting as background images, browsing through when bored, taking up unused hard drive space, and posting on CD!
